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| 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth. |
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| 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered. |
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| 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all. |
Be meat for you – During the period of human weakness resulting from the fall. R2836:6
For food, but not for sport. R3045:1
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| 4 But flesh with the soul thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. |
Flesh with the life – Nephesh, soul, sentient being, existence. E325
Which is the blood – Which is represented by the blood. E325
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| 5 And surely your blood, the blood of your souls, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the soul of the man. |
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| 6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. |
Sheddeth man's blood – Although not obligatory, God would approve of the execution of the death sentence upon the murderer. Q500:T
This rule held good from the days of Noah, both for Israel and for today. R5645:4
The image of God – God was manifested in the flesh of father Adam. Q452:2
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| 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. |
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| 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, |
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| 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; |
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| 10 and with every living soul that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. |
Living creature – Nephesh, soul, sentient being, as of man. E325, E334
Out of the ark – Type of Christ. A318
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| 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. |
Destroy the earth – The existing order of things. B162
It was not the earth which came to an end, merely that condition of things which prevailed prior to the deluge. PD18/26
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| 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations: |
Living creature – Nephesh, soul, sentient being, as of man. E325, E334
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| 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. |
My bow in the cloud – A pledge that God would never again destroy mankind by a flood. PD19/28
The new heavens and earth are God's promise, of which the bow in the clouds was a pledge. R1614:5
Previous to the flood, the watery canopy enveloping the earth prevented the bow from forming. F28
Of a covenant – An unconditional one. R3108:3
Giving to him dominion over the earth as he had done with Adam. R1614:2
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| 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, |
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| 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. |
Living creature – Nephesh, soul, sentient being, as of man. E325, E334
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| 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth. |
Living creature – Nephesh, soul, sentient being, as of man. E325, E334
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| 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. |
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| 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. |
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| 19 These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread. |
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| 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard: |
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| 21 and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. |
And was drunken – The breaking of the last canopy at the time of the flood produced an acidulous condition of the atmosphere tending towards ferment, and directly affecting human longevity. This ferment changed the character of the grape product, making it alcoholic. Noah's intoxication was the result of ignorance of this change. R2533:4; PD19/28; Q777:3, Q809:3, Q265:3
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| 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. |
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| 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness. |
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| 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him. |
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25 And he said,Cursed be Canaan!
A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
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Cursed – Possible start of Negro race. R2344:6
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26 And he said,
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.
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27 God enlarge Japheth,
And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant. |
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| 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred fifty years. |
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| 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years: and he died. |
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